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Patent GB-189722788-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Regulator or Stopper for Babies' Feeding Bottles and other Bottles, applicable also for use as a Tap or Cock.
Inventor: HANCOCK ALBERT EDWARD
Filed: 1897-10-05
Granted: 1898-08-27
Abstract: 22,788. Hancock, A. E. Oct. 5. Feeding-bottles; stoppers. -Relates to a stopper or regulator for feeding. bottles, and is applicable also as a stopper for aerated water bottles &c., or as a tap or cock for controlling the entry of liquids or gases into, or their discharge from, vessels, pipes, &c. The usual rubber tube B passes longitudinally through the screw or other stopper A of the feeding-bottle &c., or a similar tube is inserted in a longitudinal passage in a tap or cock, the stopper or tap being also formed with a transverse perforation, in which is inserted the plug C. This plug is cut away at c, so that, when in the position shown, it permits the free passage of liquid &c. through the tube B, but when rotated through a half-turn, it compresses the sides of the tube together and cuts off the flow. In intermediate positions, the tube is more or less constricted. Instead of being cut away at c, the plug c may be made of square, oblong, or irregular section. For aerated-water bottles &c., the stopper A may be dispensed with, the tube B being inserted longitudinally in the neck, which is formed with a transverse passage to receive the plug C.
Patent GB-189723307-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means of Repairing Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: BEARD HENRY CHARLES
Filed: 1897-10-11
Granted: 1898-09-17
Abstract: 23,307. Beard, H. C. Oct. 11. Types, pneumatic.-The outer cover, after having been punctured or torn, is enabled to resist the pressure of the inner air tube, by inserting between the cover and air tube a rectangular strip A of prepared canvas or similar material. One pair B of opposite edges of the strip are enlarged to adapt them to be retained between the rim and the edges of the cover. The two edges B are preferably curved inwards slightly, instead of being quite straight. The strip may also be employed to prevent a patch from being blown off the inner air tube.
Patent GB-189726553-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Turbines and Machinery for the same for Marine Purposes.
Inventor: PARSONS CHARLES ALGERNON
Filed: 1897-11-13
Granted: 1898-10-29
Abstract: 26,553. Parsons, C. A. Nov. 13. Stea7t?, turbines.-Relates to arrangements of turbine machinery for vessels where it is desirable to have greater power of manoeuvring than can be obtained by simply going ahead or astern with one screw propeller or one set of screw propellers as a whole. The arrangements give extreme lightness and compactness, and economy in the consumption of steam. Fig. 1 shows an arrangement suitable for a fast vessel of the torpedo-boat destroyer type. The four ahead turbines A, B, C, D are respectively mounted on the shafts I, J, H, K, the shafts H, K also carrying the additional turbines E, F for going astern. Steam from the pipe a traverses the high-pressure turbine A and the pipe b to the intermediate turbine B, from which it exhausts through the pipes c, d in parallel to the low-pressure turbines C, D, and thence into the condenser G. The motion of the vessel is reversed by closing the pipe a and admitting the steam through a pipe g to the turbine E, from which it exhausts through the pipe h into the turbine F, and thence to the condenser G through the pipe i. By pipes and m steam may be admitted direct to the turbines C and D for the purpose of going ahead with either of the screw shafts separated. Another arrangement provides greater security against breakdown, and gives greater economy when working at reduced rates of speed. The engines are divided into two distinct sets. For giving full power ahead, two turbines are coupled in series on each side of the vessel, and greater economy at reduced rates of steaming is obtained by arranging the four turbines in series, the supply of circulating water to one of the condensers being stopped. Two additional turbines are provided for going astern.
Patent GB-189800335-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Reversible Rotary Motor with Variable Speed.
Inventor: LAMBILLY LE VICOMTE PIERRE ROG
Filed: 1898-01-05
Granted: 1899-01-05
Abstract: 335. Lambilly, Vicomte P. R. de. Jan. 5. Crescent-shaped chamber type.-The piston ring I, provided with slots for the pistons H, is carried on the shaft D which is' eccentrically disposed as regards the annular chamber comprised between the outer portion of the casing A' and its inner portion G. The casing A' is made separate so as to be easily removable for repair &c. The ports c, d and d<1>, c', Fig. 16, communicate with opposite sides of the outside and inside respectively of the ring I. For forward motion c, c' are the induction and d, d' the exhaust ports, and for reverse motion d, d<1> are the induction and c, c' the exhaust ports. These changes are effected by the rotary valve, Figs. 7 and 1, which has induction passages C, C' and exhaust ports E, E'. The engine may be modified for working with oil or gas.
Patent GB-189803395-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Reflector Holders for Incandescent Electric Lamps.
Inventor: MUETZ HANS JACOB
Filed: 1898-02-10
Granted: 1898-05-07
Abstract: 3395. M³tz, H. J. Feb. 10. Lamp-shade and reflector holders.-The metal holder a of the electric lamp shown in Fig. 1 has a ring b and a screwed cap f between which the edge g of the reflector shade c is inserted and held. In the modification shown in Fig. 2, the glass c is provided with a ring h and forms a protection for the silvered inside of the lower part of the cap f which bears on this ring at g. Other slight modifications are described.
Patent GB-189809816-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Teaching Arithmetic.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1898-04-28
Granted: 1898-06-18
Abstract: 9816. Boult, A. J., [NiÚrat, L. E.]. April 28. Drawings to Specification. Arithmetic, teaching.-Relates to apparatus for use in teaching arithmetic. A board is employed having holes or pins arranged in horizontal rows to retain blocks or discs. Each disc is marked on one side with the numbers to be multiplied together, and on the other with the product. The discs are each to be placed on the board in particular places according to the numbers upon it ; thus, the disc marked 5 x 8 is to be placed in the eighth space of the fifth horizontal row, and so forth.
Patent GB-189813791-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fare-indicating and Registering Apparatus for Cabs and other Vehicles.
Inventor: BRUHN FRIEDRICH WILHELM GUSTAV
Filed: 1898-06-21
Granted: 1899-04-29
Abstract: 13,791. Bruhn, F. W. G. June 21. F a r e s, registering and checking. - T h e disc a, which shows the amount of fare through an aperture in the casing, is driven in regular jerks, say every quarter of an hour when the charge is made by time, but is graduated according to the special tariff, for example, 8d., 1s. 4d., 2s., 2s. 6d., and so on, allowing a reduction on the hour. The wheel c indicates portions of an hour (one, two, and three quarters), while the wheel d, which is operated once for each complete rotation of c, indicates complete hours.
Patent GB-189814004-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hoisting Apparatus.
Inventor: EASTMEAD FREDERIC
Filed: 1898-06-24
Granted: 1899-04-29
Abstract: 14,004. Eastmead, F. June 24. Belt forks, operating. - Upon the first-motion shaft A of winding-apparatus are mounted three pulleys B for the driving-belts as usual. The belt forks F, which extend around the pulleys, are mounted upon a sliding carriage C to opposite ends of which the ends of a chain L are attached. This chain passes around guide-pulleys M, 0, and R and the boss of the loading-rope pulley J. This pulley is screwed upon the shaft G of the winding-drum H, so that, by contact with adjustable stops U, the belts are automatically thrown upon the loose pulleys.
Patent GB-189814704-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stop Valves.
Inventor: COXON JOHN
Filed: 1898-07-04
Granted: 1899-05-13
Abstract: 14,704. Coxon, J. July 4. Lift valves; valves closing with rush of fluid.-A valve A is raised by steam from the inlet c<1>, when the spindle D is lifted, and is stopped in a midposition between its seats B and K by the engagement of the head a<1> of its spindle a with a ring H adjustably secured to a slide G pressed by a spring F against stops g. If a pipe connected with the outlet c<2> bursts, the steam, overcoming the action of the spring F, closes the valve A against its seat K. On operating the handle d, the spindle is prevented from turning by a pin d<1> engaging a slot therein and carried by the slide G which engages guides e. The Provisional Specification describes a modification in which a second spring acts on the underside of the valve A.
Patent GB-189815549-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spoke-shaves and other similar Tools.
Inventor: PRESTON EDWARD
Filed: 1898-07-15
Granted: 1899-04-01
Abstract: 15,549. Preston, E. July 15. Spokeshaves and like tools; planes.-Relates to improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 12,458, A.D. 1885. The slot e in the cutting-iron h, and the projection a for the slot d, are curved so that, besides the longitudinal adjustment of the cutter effected by the nut f, the cutter may be tilted slightly in a lateral direction to bring its edge parallel to the slot through which it projects.
Patent GB-189819171-A (GB)
Title: Improved Rail Joint for Railways and the like.
Inventor: HOENEN JOHAN CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1898-09-08
Granted: 1898-11-12
Abstract: 19,171. H÷nen, J. C. Sept. 8. Rail joints.-The holes in one fishplate are threaded to engage the bolt.
Patent GB-189821126-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Preparation and Manufacture of Hydrosulphurous Acid and Hydrosulphites.
Inventor: GROSSMANN JACOB
Filed: 1898-10-07
Granted: 1899-09-02
Abstract: 21,126. Grossmann, J. Oct. 7. Hyposulphurous acid and hyposulphites. - Insoluble or sparingly-soluble hyposulphites, which are comparatively stable, are prepared by reducing calcium, barium, zinc, or lead sulphite or bisulphite with zinc and sulphuric acid, and then adding a hydrate, such as milk of lime. The calcium or other sulphate may be filtered off before adding the milk of lime. In a modification, a solution of neutral or slightly-alkaline hyposulphite, such as of sodium, or of hyposulphurous acid, may be treated with the hydrate, oxide, or chloride of calcium, barium, or zinc to precipitate the corresponding insoluble hyposulphite. The acid may be made from the insoluble or sparingly-soluble hyposulphite by adding a suitable acid, such as sulphuric acid, or an acid salt.
Patent GB-189821747-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Making Paper Tubes.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1898-10-15
Granted: 1899-09-02
Abstract: 21,747. Thompson, W. P., [Union Paper Co.]. Oct. 15. Paper tubes. - A machine for making paper r tubes by wrapping strips of paper round a mandrel is shown in plan in Fig. 1. A paper strip 43 is spirally wound on the mandrel 5, which is encircled by two continuous belts 39, and rotated by them, so that the paper strips 49, 50 are wrapped successively on the mandrel, so forming the tube. A frame 60 carries the rolls of paper, and glue pans, for coating one side of the strips with glue. The belts 39 are carried by pulleys 37, 38, which are mounted on swinging frames 25. The frames swing on the centres 19, so as to alter the obliquity of the belts, and are driven from the pulley 6 by gearing 10 and the shaft 15. The pulleys 38 can be adjusted on the frame for tubes of different sizes, and the number of belts and paper strips may be increased. The swinging frames may be arranged to swing on a central axis, the driving-gear being suitably altered. The cutting-mechanism, shown in plan in Fig. 1 and in elevation in Fig. 7, for dividing the length of tube, consists of a circular saw 78, suitably rotated, the axis of which is carried by arms rocking on a shaft 72. A counterbalanced arm 85 is connected to the rocking shaft and worked by a piston 83, Fig. 9. As the piper tube is formed and pushed forwards from the end of the mandrel, it touches a finger-piece 102, and works a valve rod 92 and valve 91, Fig. 10, so as to admit compressed air under the piston. As the piston rises, it presses the circular saw on to the tube and divides it. The saw is carried forwards, against the spring 79, by the motion of the tube, until the arm 110 catches the lever 107, and returns the valve rod to its normal position, so opening the cylinder to the atmosphere and allowing the counterbalance weight to withdraw the saw. The position of the finger-piece is adjusted for any required length of tube.
Patent GB-189822892-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Malting Apparatus.
Inventor: SCHWAGER CONRAD
Filed: 1898-10-31
Granted: 1898-12-03
Abstract: 22,892. Schwager, C. Oct. 31. Malting. - Relates to rotary pneumatic apparatus for malting grain, and consists in simultaneously introducing air into the drum from both ends. The air, after passing through the malt, is drawn off at both ends of the drum. Figs. 1 and 2 show vertical sections of the apparatus, which consists of two concentric cylinders 1, 3 connected together by longitudinal partitions 7 so as to form passages 8, which are alternately closed at opposite ends, and near the closed end of each passage the cylinder 3 is perforated. to allow the air to enter the malt which lies in the space between the cylinders 3 and 4. The course of the air from Z to A is indicated by arrows, but the air might pass in the opposite direction from A to Z. Pipes 9 convey water to perforated pipes 10 for moistening the grain.
Patent GB-189901051-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Skirt Facings.
Inventor: MCLAUGHLIN ROBERT LUM
Filed: 1899-01-17
Granted: 1899-07-08
Abstract: 1051. McLaughlin, R. L., and McLaughlin, A. C., [trading as McLaughlin, R. L. & A. C.]. Jan. 17. Bindings. - Relates to skirt facings or edgings, and consists in making them of two layers of fabric a, b secured together by an adhesive. The outer layer a is of a fabric such as silk, while the other b is o f stouter material such as silesia. Both layers are made up of a number of pieces e, e<1> cut on the bias, and the pieces in one layer may be placed reversely to those in the other. The trimming is b o u n d along one edge with a cord d.
Patent GB-189901133-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Marine Water-tube Boilers.
Inventor: LAGOSSE ETIENNE
Filed: 1899-01-17
Granted: 1899-11-18
Abstract: 1133. Lagosse, E. Jan. 17. Water-tube boilers. -Relates to marine boilers with one or m o r e horizontal water drums connected to a steam drum above by banks of straight tubes. Each bank of tubes is divided into two parts by a screen or partition o, and the tubes on the furnace side of the partition are of larger diameter and more loosely disposed than those on the outer side. Outside the smaller tubes are depending partitions p, p. The currents of water and steam rising from the larger tubes are received into a chamber r and discharged through upwardly-extending channels with deflecting-hoods t.
Patent GB-189901359-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Automatically Regulating the Level of Liquid in a Vessel.
Inventor: GROSSWYLER KILIAN
Filed: 1899-01-19
Granted: 1899-12-02
Abstract: 1359. Grosswyler, K. Nov. 28, A.D. 1898, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Liquid levels, regulating.-The vessel a, in which the liquid level is to be maintained, is connected to the reservoir b by an air-pressure equalizing pipe f and a supply pipe e. The reservoir b is in two parts b<1>, b<2> connected by a pipe c to equalize air pressure. A float l carries a conically-ended valve spindle k, which shuts off supply through the pipe h whenever the liquid rises above the pipe e.
Patent GB-189907917-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Connections for Water Closets, Sinks, and other like purposes.
Inventor: ROBINSON THOMAS
Filed: 1899-04-15
Granted: 1899-05-20
Abstract: 7917. Robinson, T. April 15. Spigot-and-socket joints. - Relates to improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 9564, A.D. 1894. The closet or sink outlet &c. is connected to the metal soil-pipe a by a double spigot-and-socket joint formed in part by a socket b on the pipe a lined with an earthenware annulus f. This socket b is held in place by clips g bolted to a disc-shaped flange h. In modification, the pipe a is fitted at the end with an earthenware ring that forms a spigot.
Patent GB-189908383-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Door Bolts.
Inventor: BANKS JONAH
Filed: 1899-04-21
Granted: 1900-02-10
Abstract: 8383. Banks, J., and Banks, J. H. April 21. Making door fastenings.-A combined base-plate, staples, and guides, for the type of door bolts known as 'Tower' bolts, is made by first piercing a soft sheet-steel blank with screw-holes d and slots a, b, c shaped as shown in Fig. 5. The blank is then annealed, and by a raising and drawing operation in a pair of dies is shaped as shown in Fig. 6, with staples e, guideway b<2>, and stop f. The bolt g is introduced by bending the stop f out of the way, or the stop f may be separate from the base-plate and may be riveted in position after the introduction of the bolt. The bolt may be turned down into one or other of depressions h, h<2> as usual.
Patent GB-189913256-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means of Lessening the Danger Attendant upon the Employment of Overhead Conductors in Electric Tramways.
Inventor: SMITH MICHAEL HOLROYD
Filed: 1899-06-27
Granted: 1900-04-28
Abstract: 13,256. Smith, M. H. June 27. Electric tramways with overhead conductors arranged in sections which are cut out of circuit in case of breakage &c. Conductors; switches.-Sections T of the overhead conductor are connected to the main B at one end through a wire H, fuse G, switch arm L, and thick coil on the electromagnet M, and also through the thin coil on the magnet M. At the other end the section is connected to earth or return through the wire K and rheostat R. In case of breakage &c., the switch opens owing to loss of current in the magnet coils. The ends of the trolley wire sections T are carried by two insulators on a bar P mounted on a span wire or arm V.
Patent GB-189920986-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for and the Method of Making Electrodes for Storage Batteries.
Inventor: HANSCOM WILLIAM WALLACE
Filed: 1899-10-20
Granted: 1900-01-06
Abstract: 20,986. Hanscom, W. W., and Hough, A. Oct. 20. Moulding parts of galvanic batteries.-Relates to a machine for forming pellets or discs of active material for secondary batteries. The machine comprises a mould, having a perforated bottom B, and in this mould is placed the material to be acted upon, which consists of litharge moistened with a solution of sugar and salammoniac. The pellet is compressed by a plunger L, which is forced downwards by a screw D operated by a hand-wheel I. The plunger L is provided with pins M, which perforate the material before it is compressed and also pass into the perforations in the bottom plate B. The face of the plunger is formed by a plate 0, which slides on the pins M and is connected to a rod P having a head R, so that, after the compressing operation, the disc of active material is removed from the pins M by forcing down the plate O by means of the threaded rod T, which is operated by the hand-wheel V.
Patent GB-190000101-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Computing Attachments for Scale Beams.
Inventor: WISE MARGARET ANN
Filed: 1900-01-02
Granted: 1900-02-24
Abstract: 101. Wise, M. A. Jan. 2. Value-indicating apparatus. - The scale-beam A carries a cylindrical casing E, in which is mounted a rotatable cylinder F, which is marked with figures f representing weights and figures f<4> representing value. The sliding poise B is fitted with a small wheel b, which works in a spiral groove f<2> formed on the rotatable cylinder, and which regulates its position so that the weight represented by the position of the poise is indicated by the figures f<3>, and the value at different prices e<3> per lb. by the figures f<4>. A counterpoise can be suspended from the beam, and corresponding series of figures f<6> indicate the corresponding amounts. The apparatus may be adapted for different counterpoises, and the various series of figures are preferably coloured differently.
Patent GB-190003345-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with the Cut Off Mechanism of Cigarette and like Machines.
Inventor: BARON BERNHARD
Filed: 1900-02-20
Granted: 1901-01-05
Abstract: 3345. Baron, B. Feb. 20. Cigarette-making machines. - Relates to the cutting-mechanism in continuous-rod cigarettemaking machines. The cigarette rod passes through a tube 1, which is divided at two points so that the rotary knives 5 may enter it and sever the cigarette. The tube 1 and knives 5 are carried by a bed 3, which is reciprocated by means of a cam-groove 7 with which engages the pin 6. At the moment that the bed 3 is travelling forward with the same speed as the cigarette rod, the cam 15 rocks the knives 5 over against the control of a spring 16, and the cigarettes are severed. In a modification, the cam 15 is replaced by a deep camgroove in the left-hand end of the cam 8, into which groove enters a long roller stud projecting from an arm carried by the rock-shaft 12. Reference is made to Specification No. 14,881, A.D. 1895.
Patent GB-190004469-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tune Sheets for Mechanical Musical Instruments.
Inventor: STAFFELSTEIN ADOLF
Filed: 1900-03-08
Granted: 1900-04-21
Abstract: 4469. Staffelstein, A., and Kluge, F. March 8. Automatic instruments.-The invention relates to helicoidal tune-sheets for long pieces of music. Ordinary circular t u n e - sheets, provided with central holes for a pivot, are slit radially at k, and also at s a short way from the centre, the latter slit forming part of a circle. This enables the disc to be bent so that the edges of the slit k can be united to the corresponding edges of the preceding and following discs, thus forming an approximately helicoidal surface.
Patent GB-190004924-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Guards for Circular Saws.
Inventor: BRADBURY JAMES
Filed: 1900-03-15
Granted: 1901-01-26
Abstract: 4924. Bradbury, J., Bradbury, J., Bradbury, T., and Bradbury, G. E. March 15. Sawing.-Relates to a guard for circular saws, in which the back and front shields M<1>, M<2> are supported on two pieces J<1>, J', which are capable of being adjusted on the horizontal bracket H by using set-screws K<1>, K<2> working in slots R, R<1>. The bracket H is pivoted on the end of the transverse horizontal arm F, on which are stops which retain the bracket H in horizontal position (as shown), or in the vertical position (when access to the saw is wanted). The arm F is supported by a pillar A at the back of the bench, and can be raised or lowered by a screw C and nut B. These adjustments enable the guard to be adjusted to different sizes of saws.
Patent GB-190010151-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bits for Horses and other Animals.
Inventor: BERNARD PAUL LOUIS
Filed: 1900-06-01
Granted: 1900-07-21
Abstract: 10,151. Bernard, P. L. June 1. Bits.-The mouthbar B passes on the upper jaw instead of on the lower jaw, as usual. The bar B is carried by the lower ends of the cheeks A, A<1>, which are pivoted in the centre to plates C and have slots at their upper ends for the reins L. The plates C have slots for the bridle straps as shown.